Unexpectedly Quotes
153 Unexpectedly quotes by 124 unique authors
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Unexpectedly, I'm here now, so I need to let all the U.S. marketers know that Asians are not different. We are all the same.
— Unknown Author
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Every human encounter is the external embodiment of an attraction between two magnetic fields. The encounter comes suddenly, unexpectedly. It is a moment of truth.…
— Amalia Kahana-Carmon
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There's an unexpectedly high share of workers still in agriculture, .. That's like a fault line.
— Edward Taylor
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Everyone, some sooner than others, must endure his or her own personal 'hell on earth.' It is important to keep searching for the small joys,…
— Katie Gill
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Sustainability is a seemingly laudable goal - it tells us we need to live within our means, whether economic, ecological, or political - but it's…
— Jamais Cascio
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One unexpectedly striking moment, when Tom Amandes as Lincoln, recites the Gettysburg Address, not in booming, this-is-a-great-speech style, but casually, as if chatting over dinner.…
— Neil Genzlinger
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Sometimes the most beautiful thing is precisely the one that comes unexpectedly and unearned, hence something given truly as a present.
— Anna Freud
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Only when inspired to go beyond consciousness by some extraordinary insight does beauty manifest unexpectedly.
— Arthur Erickson
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I don't think you can work on feelings in politics, apart from anything else, political change can come very unexpectedly, sometimes overnight when you least…
— Aung San Suu Kyi
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Love is the flower of life, and blossoms unexpectedly and without law, and must be plucked where it is found, and enjoyed for the brief…
— D. H. Lawrence
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I had forgotten how thrilling a snow day is until my son started school, and as much as he loves it, he swoons at the…
— Susan Orlean
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My novels aren't really generated by a single conceptual spark; it's more a process of many different elements that come together unexpectedly over a long…
— Donna Tartt
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Did you ever, in that wonderland wilderness of adolesence [sic] ever, quite unexpectedly, see something, a dusk sky, a wild bird, a landscape, so exquisite…
— Truman Capote
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What is the meaning of life? That was all- a simple question; one that tended to close in on one with years, the great revelation…
— Virginia Woolf
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Life is like arriving late for a movie, having to figure out what was going on without bothering everybody with a lot of questions, and…
— Joseph Campbell
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Certainly, Lu. Whatever you like,' said Peter unexpectedly. This was encouraging, but as Peter instantly rolled round and went to sleep again it wasn't much…
— C.S. Lewis
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When we lose one blessing, another is often most unexpectedly given in its place.
— C.S. Lewis
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One book calls to another unexpectedly, creating alliances across different cultures and centuries.
— Alberto Manguel
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Er-my-nee," Ron croaked unexpectedly from between them.
— Joanne Kathleen Rowling
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This is terrific! What fun! Maybe tomorrow I can go to the prom with my brother. The day after, perhaps I can wear white pants…
— Jen Lancaster
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I don't think you should be an Auror, Harry," said Luna unexpectedly. Everybody looked at her. "The Aurors are part of the Rotfang Conspiracy, I…
— Joanne Kathleen Rowling
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Years after I'd seen him for the last time I found myself thinking of him unexpectedly and often. You know how certain places grow powerful…
— Don DeLillo
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How could people, I wondered for the ten thousandth useless time, how could people who had loved so dearly come to such a wilderness; and…
— Dick Francis
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Duty has a trick of behaving unexpectedly -- something like a heavy friend whom we have amiably asked to visit us, and who breaks his…
— George Eliot
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I just told Max flatly, "I had laser surgery last week to lighten my birthmark," as if it was no big deal. Oh yeah?" he…
— Justina Chen
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